Fountain brush



Oct. 2, 1923. 1,469,708

G. WALTERS FOUNTAIN BRUSH Filed Aug. 12 1921 Pa sed Get. 2, 1923.

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GUSTAV WALTERS, or ,MIDDLETO'WN, oomvno'riour.

FOUNTAIN BRUSH.

Application filed August 12, 1921. Seria1-'No. 491,759.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that GUSTAV WALTERS, a citi- Zen of the United States of America, residing at Middletown, in the county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, has invented new and useful Improvements in Fountain Brushes, of which the following is a speci fication.

The object of the invention is to provide a fountain brush of the paint brush type more especially designed for applying polish to stoves and the like and the particular object in view is to provide means whereby the flow of the liquid paint or polish may be regulated and applied to the bristles under conditions insuring efliciency in the spreading operation; and with these objects in view the invention consists in a construction and combination of parts of which. a preferred embodiment is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein r the invention.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. a Figure 3 is a transverse section in the plane of the valve operating stem on the line 3--3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the bristle unit. Figure 5 is a similar view of the assembled valve elements. V

The device consists essentially, of a head 10 which is hollowand is preferably of cylindrical construction to provide a reservoir having at one end a removable cap 11 to facilitate filling the same with the paint, polish or other material to be applied through the medium of the bristles 12 which are assembled independently of the head to form a separate unit and are secured in a plug or back 13 removably fitted'in the socket 14 formed as an extension of thelhead and projecting radially therefrom. A handle 15 of any suitable construction also projects radially from the head, and adjacent to] the socket in the bristle unit there is-arranged a distributing hopper 16 having-valved com munication with the interior of the reservoir form of a slot extending parallel with and throughout the width of the brush unit adjacent to the wall of the socket in which the a brush unit is fittedso as to apply the paint or polish directlyto the upper surface of the assembled or aggregations of bristles for capillary movement toward the extremities thereof. V

The communication between the reservoir and the distributing hopper is established by means ofaseries of perforations 17 forming valve seats in which are fitted the tapered valve elements or pins 19 carried by across bar20 to which is attached a valve stem 21 extending radially through the reservoir and provided with a thumb button or head 22 within reach of a finger of'the hand grasping the handle- A coiled spring22 is arranged on thestem exteriorly of the reservoir to yieldingly hold the stem in position to maintain the valve elementsin their seated position. Pressureupon the button to a V v i greater or lessextent will unseatthe valve Figure 1 is a view of a brush embodying:

graduated or regulable flow of liquid from the reservoir to the distributing hopper from whence it finds its way through the distributing slot or outlet tothe bristles for application to the object to be treated. l

Havingdescribed the invention, what is claimed as new and useful is '1', A fountain brush comprising, ahead consisting of a reservoir provided. with a handle and with a brush unit opposite the handle, a hopper disposed above the brush unit for the supply of the same periodically. with the contents of the reservoir, and a valve controlling communication between the reservoir and the hopper and 'consisting of across bar disposed within the hopper and provided with uniformlyspaced tapered valve elements engaging in perforations in the wall between the reservoir and hopper,

the stem passing slidingly through said hop- 1' l head exterior of the hopper and accessible to the end grasping the, handle, and resilient means for. impelling the stem in one direc- "tion to normally'dispose the valve elements in seated relation with said perforations. and provided with a narrow outlet 16' in the j o 2. A fountainbrush comprising a head hopper and extending throughout the length thereof, the socket being open at one end for the removable reception of the brush head,

the hopper having a discharge outlet at the upper side of the socket for the supply of the brush bristles With the contents of the hopper.

In testimony whereof he affixes his signature.

GUSTAV WALTERS. 

